2.12 won't boot from USB drive

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randiroo76073
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2.12 won't boot from USB drive

#1 Post by randiroo76073 »

I installed Pup2.12 to my usb drive but can't seem to boot it, I edited grub menu.lst thusly, what did I mess up???

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda1.
title Puppy, ver 2.12
root (sda1)
kernel vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet splash
single
initrd initrd.gz
savedefault
boot
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#2 Post by sunburnt »

Hi randiroo76073; I don't use Grub much, but the kernel argument looks wrong.

To see what the argument is, look at the file: isolinux.cfg

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#3 Post by randiroo76073 »

Thanks sunburnt, will check out :)
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